I might have cared more about the Windows 8 app store if it wasn't $100/year, didn't require individual app approval, and didn't block sideloading entirely so I cannot QA or give my apps to friends without also giving them the source code.

Plus, frankly, the app store is just horrible. Like the ugliest nastiest thing I've ever seen. I'm looking at it right now, scrolling to the side and only seeing like ten apps.

I then go into a category and BOOM every app they have listed in a giant table. No inter-category hero panel, no popularity list, just a giant list of apps.

It was like this when W8 launched too but I just thought "wow that's shocking bad, but they'll fix it up." But they haven't! They haven't done a damn thing.

I used to say iTunes was bad, but iTunes is a thing of beauty compared to Microsoft's store.